Well it was recently reported about Tae Yeon of Girls' Genereation (SNSD) is stepping down as the leader.. this doesn't mean she's leaving though..

On the December 15th episode, Taeyeon talked about how it's so hard to control all 9 people as leader, it's a burden. She also stated that she's a very sensitive person so it's even harder for her to manage. She also talked about an incident.

The incident was where the girls gathered together for a 5 minute talk / meeting. During this talk, everyone looked at her and asked her why she's not talking with the rest of the group lately. They said, "What's up with you?" Which caused Taeyeon to go to her room and start crying. Sooyoung went into Taeyeon's room and wanted to console and talk to her. During this chat, Taeyeon said, "Ok, that's it. SNSD will no longer have a leader." When they shared this information with the rest of the girls, the girls all agreed and said that's fine / cool. They already assumed as if the group were acting without an official leader anyways. Taeyeon then said to the audience, "I thought the girls were going to say... NO! Please still be our leader but they didn't..." After she said that the audience had a big laugh. However, as they continued talking the members eventually said that Taeyeon should still be leader, but it seems she has a heavy burden on her shoulders as leader.

After this, Eun Jin Won aka G-One called her out by saying, "Taeyeon already knows she's still going to be leader, nothings going to change."

In my opinion.. well Tae Yeon.. when you said, "I thought the girls were going to say... NO! Please still be our leader but they didn't..." they probably don't want you to be whatever you don't want to be/ like. Maybe the next leader will be Soo Young :D.. but most likely not >__> .. It will most likely be someone like Tiffany or Jessica.. Or what if they remain leader-less..

is this news even... realistic? maybe I didn't read it carefully enough... but does she even explicitly say that she's stepping down as the leader? isn't she just saying that it's a hard job? which would be for any leader

is this news even... realistic? maybe I didn't read it carefully enough... but does she even explicitly say that she's stepping down as the leader? isn't she just saying that it's a hard job? which would be for any leader

For those of you who think this is a rumor.. it first was..
But then she confirmed her stepping down as a leader on SBS Kang Shim Jang / Strong Heart

is this news even... realistic? maybe I didn't read it carefully enough... but does she even explicitly say that she's stepping down as the leader? isn't she just saying that it's a hard job? which would be for any leader

For those of you who think this is a rumor.. it first was..
But then she confirmed her stepping down as a leader on SBS Kang Shim Jang / Strong Heart

is this news even... realistic? maybe I didn't read it carefully enough... but does she even explicitly say that she's stepping down as the leader? isn't she just saying that it's a hard job? which would be for any leader

For those of you who think this is a rumor.. it first was..
But then she confirmed her stepping down as a leader on SBS Kang Shim Jang / Strong Heart

is this news even... realistic? maybe I didn't read it carefully enough... but does she even explicitly say that she's stepping down as the leader? isn't she just saying that it's a hard job? which would be for any leader

For those of you who think this is a rumor.. it first was..
But then she confirmed her stepping down as a leader on SBS Kang Shim Jang / Strong Heart